Sankarea Volumes 1-4 by Mitsuru Hattori, 704 pages
Sankarea follows the life of high school student Chihiro who
loves anything zombie. From films to manga if it has zombies he is going to
have a copy of it. This obsession goes as far as following an old manuscript to
make a potion to bring things back to life. He manages to use it successfully
on his deceased cat, but doesn’t know if he actually wants to continue
using/making it. Enter Sanka, a girl who hates her family and has run away.
She, seeing the potion is made from a poisonous plant drinks the potion, with
no apparent adverse effects. That is until she falls off a cliff and comes back
as a zombie.
Sankarea is definitively a romantic comedy or romcom. It has
Chihiro falling in love with Sanka all the while trying to hide the fact that
she is a zombie from the world and her family. Despite how cheesy most romcoms
are, this one is actually quite well written and enjoyable. It is pretty
graphic and certainly earned its teen rating.
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